The War for the best speakers continued today at the University Of Ibadan and all roads led to the New Lecture Theatre, Faculty Of Science for the Literary And Debating Society Inter Hall/Inter-Faculty competition, JAW WAR which the theme for the 2019 edition is tagged; AFRICA, Dark Continent Stepping Into The Light.
The War continued as Students Of various Halls of residences of the University face each other in a return leg at the podium to STAND UP for what they believe in, SPEAK UP so that their voice sounds can be heard or SHUT UP if they aren’t making sense! This led to some punchlines which has been complied by amazing Press Organizations In the premier University, INDY Hall Press, SMPN and others.
The speakers of the various halls were:
Awo Hall
-Ogunbowale Fehintoluwa
-Reuben Georgina
Independence Hall
-Adedigba Goodness
-Falade Emmanuel
Queen Idia Hall
-Mbabwe Esther
-Mbamara Precious
Queen Elizabeth II Hall
-Adeyemo Mary
-Adekunle Felicia
Ransome Kuti Hall
-Ayo-Salako Faithful
-Ogunsaya Goodness
Nnamdi Azikiwe Hall
-Motunde Ebenezer
-Olatunji Vincent
Alexander Brown Hall
-Adesina Olaitan
-Uzoeze Ugo
Lord Tedder Hall
-Yekeen Ayomide
-Lawal Mubarak
Kenneth Mellanby Hall
-Efe-Khaese Desmond
-Ayeni Otito-Jesu
Sultan Bello Hall
-Oshoko Emmanuel
-Fabarebo Victor
Before the second leg begins, here are the results of the first leg, maybe you can guess which hall gets into the next stage and which hall might bow their head.
Remember that only six halls get into the next stage (with the addition of the best loser)
➖ SULTAN BELLO HALL: 68.42
➖ OBAFEMI AWOLOWO HALL: 66.42
➖ QUEEN IDIA HALL: 71.4
➖ RANSOME KUTI HALL: 69.3
➖ NNAMDI AZIKIWE HALL: 66.6
➖ QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL: 63.3
➖ ALEXANDER BROWN HALL: 62.9
➖ GREAT INDEPENDENCE HALL: 67.4
➖ LORD TEDDER HALL: 63.3
➖ KENNETH MELLANBY HALL: 62.1
*Mellanby Hall vs Tedder Hall
Topic: Reinstatement of Student Union in Nigerian Universities, Necessary?
Mellanby vs Tedder
"The Student Union in Nigeria has now been Characterized as SUG... Student Unfortunate Government"
"There is a difference between Student Union and Student Unionism, while the former is a body, the latter is an ideology” - Ayeni Otito-Jesu (Mellanby)
"The student union has become a castrated watchdog whose impotence becomes known when it is time for action"
"The same leg which supports a body becomes a problem when it hinders movement of the body "
"If truly leadership is the goal, how many leadership opportunities do we need?"
"In Nigeria, as a Nigerian student, you befriend any evil because the SU is with you”
*JAW WAR 2019*
*Mellanby vs Tedder*
Speaker: Efe Desmond (Mellanby)
"The reinstation of SUG is not necessary just like our Tedderites with their Tedder Rice and their "hiss passport!" - Efe Desmond (Mellanby)
Indy Hall vs ABH
Topic: Should Africa prioritize the fight against Climate change?
"My opponents think having Alexander in their name makes them Romans in brown skin"
"Since we cannot control natural disasters, it is wise to prevent them"
"Out of the abundance of floods, cholera flows and in the presence of drought, there is fullness of death" - Adedigba Goodness (Indy)
"The only people who fight natural changes are my village people, Satan and my opponents"
"In the Unlikely event that we defeat climate change... We'd have lost a major source of income... We will be like the woman who sets her shop on fire because of rats in it... The rats will be gone but so will her daily bread”
"The only thing more malnourished than children in Africa is my opponents' argument”
"Just like the distance of the gate to independence hall, their point is far" - Adesina Olaitan (ABH)
"If we fail to prioritize a fight against climate change, it will result in a decline in our economy” - Falade Emmanuel (Independence Hall)
"A wise man chooses his battle, a foolish man fights all battles and an ignorant man believes he can win all battles"
"Just like my opponents today.. Climate change does not deserve our attention”
"Take a backseat, listen to the voice of reason and do whatever it is katangites do” - Uzoeze Ugo (ABH)
Obafemi Awolowo Hall vs Sultan Bello Hall
Topic: Unpaid Internship, Justified?
"Audience
A mind that knows is a mind that's free, the opposite of which is that a mind that does not know is a mind that's caged"
"Come, let us assert that my opponents' argument is as useless as the second L in Bello"
"If new workers struggle to get paid just like awoites struggle to get cabs to UI gate, how then do they survive?"
"If care is not taken, nothing good will come out of Bello" - Ogunbowale Fehintoluwa (Awo)
"I can see my opponents smiling because they have rebutted some basic... Spoiler alert... Those are not what I came to say so I apologize for their wasted effort”
“We can’t spell learning without earning”
"....With this system instead of having unpaid interns what we will be having are unpaid laborers and then the internship becomes an intern ship-wreck"
"If my opponents feel otherwise then let them know that feelings are not that wise and facts don't care about feelings" - Osoko Emmanuel (Bello)
"If new workers struggle to get paid just like awoites struggle to get cabs to UI gate, how then do they survive?” - Ogunbowale Fehintoluwa (Awo)
"Judges, my points are from simple quantitative reasoning but my opponents skipped the 'reasoning' part"
“If my opponents choose to be LOW, don’t blame them after all it’s Be...LLO” - Reuben Georgina (Awo)
"92% percent of the Jobs interns do are important which makes their labour not just cheap labour but cheap important labour" - Babaojo Victor (Bello)
"An inclusive government is the government of the day attempting to incorporate people from different institutions into its corporation"
"I honestly did not expect such poverty of sense from my opponents but then....this is Idia"
"While the Student Union is a government of Students for Students, the central government is the government of students"
"Any point that opposing my point, points only to one thing... My opponents' lack of points” - Ayo Salako Faithful (Kuti)
"Ladies and Gentlemen, let us remember that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
“Anything to be justified must be right and reasonable”
"No matter how much representation you think you are getting it still comes down to how much representation the school wants you to have because even the Dean of Students is not a student" - Mbabie Esther (Idia)
"Let us play a game of chess, my goal in this game is to capture the king in three minutes and I'll do this in four moves"
“If my opponents’ point was to be a song, it would sound off key”
"The fact that people have abused power does not mean you should not put others in power"
"Four moves... Four points... For your information the Queens have fallen.... Checkmate" - Ogunsanya Goodness (Kuti)
"We all know that the fear of SDC is the beginning of wisdom” - Mbamara Precious (Idia)
"Sometimes, in order to understand the present, we need to take a look at the past"
“If the dark continent must step into light then we need youths to shine”
“Our leaders come to use with different agendas but we are still in danger”
“Even with vision 2020, we still need binoculars to see the future”
"Why is a man not too inexperienced to lose his life for his nation be termed too inexperienced to give his life in leading his nation?”
“For every Dino Melaye, there’s a Seyi Makinde”
"Like Albert Einstein said, it will be foolishness to do the same thing the same way and expect a different result” - Adeyemo Mary (Queens)
"Should we agree with my opponents who say youths are leaders of tomorrow when they are not even partners of today?”
"Youth quake will only lead to a change of people and not a change of Government”
"Opportunities will only be for rich and this leads to no change but rotation of the cycle"
"By the time we are done today even the Queen of England will disagree with the Queens"
"Even if Don Moen sings 'let the weak say I am strong', it does not affect my opponents' point” - Bodunde Ebenezer (Zik)
"If we have people who can profer solutions to problems in other sectors, why then can we not have youths to profer solutions in our political sector?"
"Disregard what my opponents have come here to say, because like their points, their presence here is useless" - Adekunle Theresa (Queens)
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Follow closely as I perform a surgical operation on my opponents"
“My opponents’ points have been amputated from the body of Jaw War”
"Just because you contributed to the solution doesn't make you THE solution"
"These ideologies just like Queens Hall into the quarter finals will never see the light of the day" - Olatunji Vincent (Zik)
Ladies and gentlemen, Here are the aggregate results of both legs of the first round.
⭕ SULTAN BELLO HALL: 66
⭕OBAFEMI AWOLOWO HALL : 67.96
⭕ QUEEN IDIA HALL: 68.32
⭕ RANSOME KUTI HALL: 68.98
⭕ NNAMDI AZIKIWE HALL: 67
⭕ QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL: 64.65
⭕ ALEXANDER BROWN HALL: 65.66
⭕ GREAT INDEPENDENCE HALL:65.86
⭕ LORD TEDDER HALL: 64.19
⭕ KENNETH MELLANBY HALL: 59.63
It has ben a been fun experience so far and we appreciate you for having stayed tuned since the start of the debate, we promise to continue to give you fresh updates from the subsequent events.
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